With the release of X-Men: The Last Stand in movie theaters, there's a lot of hype about mutants. There are also plenty of classical music mutants. Here's a piece that mutates a number of tunes by ...

A love story with pastoral, folkloric and supernatural elements, composer Carl Maria von Weber’s “Der Freischütz”, originally performed in 1821, was the first German Romantic opera. In 1973 it was ...

Der Freischütz or The Freeshooter is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind. It premiered on June 18, 1821 at the Schauspielhaus ...

Music to spin your partner by — "Invitation to the Dance," by Carl Maria Von Weber. This chamber music arrangement is by clarinetist Todd Palmer, a member of a brand new ensemble called Mistral. This ...

When Weber's opera Der Freischütz received its triumphant premiere in 1821 the curtain had been finally raised on the new Romantic movement. Weber’s father was a keen amateur violinist and dreamt of ...

Donald Macleod explores Carl Maria von Weber’s city lives and those dramas and scandals survived throughout. Weber’s relationship with European cities mirrored his life and work, from the restless ...

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